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    To Change Lower half or not

    How’s it going HE fam hope you’re all having as much fun as I am lol wanna give everyone a update I put This case back together minus coolant , water pump and air filter housing to try to get started with the 290-300 compression with no luck I even tried wd-40 and hot air ! So I decided to...
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    To Change Lower half or not

    Well I think I will try to get it started on wd-40 to see the condition of the rest of machine before I spend anymore money ! I’ll keep you all posted thank you for everything
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    To Change Lower half or not

    So you think it will start with wd40 for sure then run on pump diesel with the compression that I have currently
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    To Change Lower half or not

    Well this is the thing I never heard it run so have no idea if transmission or transaxle is actually good just wanna get it running to see if worth the squeeze to make a lady out of her ! Bought to use around property not for business use if that means anything
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    To Change Lower half or not

    Problem is all are 310 except for one at 290
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    To Change Lower half or not

    lol
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    To Change Lower half or not

    Brand new head gasket
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    To Change Lower half or not

    Few drops of oil in cylinder and I was afraid you were going to say that lol
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    To Change Lower half or not

    Just wanted to give everyone an update on progress. Got head back from Machine Shop and installed on block did compression test and it went up to 310-290 not sure if this is worth the squeeze or should I pull back off and do piston and liners ? Or will it run with these values?
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    I’m beginning to hate this Backhoe lol

    Figured it out I believe they had wires backwards on brake pedal switch now I need to run wire to solenoid on transmission and on floor switch just need to wire in a diode 10 amp I suppose wonder if I can just use a led
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    I’m beginning to hate this Backhoe lol

    Yea it’s just frustrating because it’s a 50 year old machine that has so many hands on it I’m sure so trying to figure out why someone did what they did is near impossible
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    I’m beginning to hate this Backhoe lol

    It’s 8950351 I’m going nuts I can’t find the clutch cutout control button and I still have power to two wires heading to floor button and one has power when I step on clutch but looking at schematics it shouldn’t work unless button is pressed on dash somewhere I mean the brake pedal actuated...
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    I’m beginning to hate this Backhoe lol

    If anybody’s been following my credit at all, so I was the dealing with compression issues, but I sent the head off to the machine shop and I’ve received the head back, but I’m to put together to figure out the compression has been fixed. I think it while I had to head off, had a hydraulic...
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    need help with power shuttle and wiring

    I’m working on this now trying to get wired correctly where does the power come from to the floor switch it looks like it flows into switch then solenoid with diode between ground and power that feeds it from floor switch
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    To Change Lower half or not

    That’s a great idea ! Thanks that will at least save me time with radiator and trans cooler assembly installation
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    To Change Lower half or not

    I can only assume it’s from the pb blaster that I was spraying down and filling up the cylinders with when I got it to get some lubricants moving since I presumed it sat for so long ! It does do a number on rust and grease so maybe it cleaned out the carbon
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    To Change Lower half or not

    Yea I’m having trouble making a decision I have a problem with everything I own I want it to be perfect but it is kinda easy to pull head back off if is the case
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    To Change Lower half or not

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    To Change Lower half or not

    I didn’t see any cracks in the liners but I’ll pull old gasket off and take another picture
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    To Change Lower half or not

    I read in Manuel that these are chrome plated liners and don’t hone just replace them also read that if they are tapered.001 to replace them but idk if you look at cardboard art diagram you can see 1-2 are within spec and 3-4 are not also in my previous post about the head exhaust valves...
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